L. T. Hobhouse
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L. T. Hobhouse was a British liberal political theorist and sociologist whose writings helped shape modern social liberalism and the intellectual foundations of New Liberalism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| L. T. Hobhouse canonical | 2 |
| Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: L. T. Hobhouse Context triple: [New Liberalism, influencedBy, L. T. Hobhouse]
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Graham Wallas
Graham Wallas was a British socialist, political scientist, and educationalist known for co-founding the London School of Economics and for his influential work on democratic theory and the psychology of politics.
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B.
Sidney Webb
Sidney Webb was a prominent British socialist, economist, and co-founder of the Fabian Society who played a key role in shaping modern social policy and higher education in the UK.
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Henry Fawcett
Henry Fawcett was a 19th-century British economist, Liberal politician, and advocate for women's education and suffrage.
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D.
Michael Oakeshott
Michael Oakeshott was a 20th-century British political philosopher known for his skeptical, anti-rationalist account of politics and his influential work on conservatism and the philosophy of history.
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E.
William Beveridge
William Beveridge was a British economist and social reformer best known for laying the foundations of the modern welfare state in the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: L. T. Hobhouse Target entity description: L. T. Hobhouse was a British liberal political theorist and sociologist whose writings helped shape modern social liberalism and the intellectual foundations of New Liberalism.
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A.
Graham Wallas
Graham Wallas was a British socialist, political scientist, and educationalist known for co-founding the London School of Economics and for his influential work on democratic theory and the psychology of politics.
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B.
Sidney Webb
Sidney Webb was a prominent British socialist, economist, and co-founder of the Fabian Society who played a key role in shaping modern social policy and higher education in the UK.
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C.
Henry Fawcett
Henry Fawcett was a 19th-century British economist, Liberal politician, and advocate for women's education and suffrage.
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D.
Michael Oakeshott
Michael Oakeshott was a 20th-century British political philosopher known for his skeptical, anti-rationalist account of politics and his influential work on conservatism and the philosophy of history.
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E.
William Beveridge
William Beveridge was a British economist and social reformer best known for laying the foundations of the modern welfare state in the United Kingdom.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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liberal philosopher ⓘ political theorist ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1864-09-08 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1929-06-21 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
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Marlborough College ⓘ |
| employer |
London School of Economics
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University of London ⓘ |
| familyName | Hobhouse ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
liberalism
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political philosophy ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| fullName |
L. T. Hobhouse
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Leonard ⓘ |
| ideology |
New Liberalism
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liberalism ⓘ social liberalism ⓘ |
| influenced |
New Liberalism
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surface form:
British New Liberalism
modern social liberal thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Herbert Spencer
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John Stuart Mill ⓘ T. H. Green ⓘ |
| knownFor |
defence of welfare-state liberalism
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developing social liberalism ⓘ theory of property as a social function ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
New Liberalism
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social liberalism ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Democracy and Reaction
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Liberalism ⓘ Mind in Evolution ⓘ Social Evolution and Political Theory ⓘ labour movement ⓘ
surface form:
The Labour Movement
The Metaphysical Theory of the State ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
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journalist ⓘ political theorist ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | St Ive, Cornwall ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Alençon
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surface form:
Alençon, France
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| positionHeld |
Martin White Professor of Sociology
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Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics ⓘ editor of The Sociological Review ⓘ journalist at the Manchester Guardian ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse